Thursday, May 29, 2008

Monday: 12.7 milesA group of us (Steve Hawthorne , Wayne, and Jeff U.) met at Mark's house for a run around Aurora. Here is a synopsis of the discussion.

Wayne is old and slow (proposed by Mark, seconded by Steve)

Steve has not and will not qualify for Boston (proposed by Wayne, seconded by Mark)

Frank does not put in enough miles (proposed by Mark, seconded by Frank)

No one but Mark trains right (also proposed by Mark, seconded by Mark)

Tuesday: 8 miles with 3x1 mile intervalsAs usual, Tuesday is speed work. I warmed-up with a slow 3 miles, followed by 3 x 1 mile intervals. I was disappointed with the times (5:57, 6:04, 6:02). I could blame the strong winds, but I believe it was my lack of full effort in the two slower miles. Next week, I resolve to keep all three miles in the 5:somethings.

Wednesday: 6 miles running, 27 miles bikingI ran an out and back from Kichler to Hillside Road (Towpath Museum). It was a sunny, slightly brisk day, and the valley looks beautiful this time of year. I rode my bike to work and back. It was a very cold morning (I think we dipped into the 30's), so I decided to take the short, direct route via Pettibone/Alexander/Pleasant Valley, which is about 10.5 miles. I started out at 5:45 AM , so there was very little traffic. Coming home, I left Kichler around 5:45 PM. The traffic that time of day is heavy along the direct route, so I turned north and went through the Bedford reservation. I avoided all the traffic, but had to add about six miles to the route as the path meanders through the metro parks all the way to Solon.

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Wyatt sent an e-mail advising the group about a Runners Performance Health presentation at the Cleveland Clinic in Independence on June 9th at 6:00PM. I have registered and I hope some other SERC runners will do the same. The topics are:

About Me

Living in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, with my wife Sue. We were married in 1975. Our two sons, Alex and Andy, live in Seattle and Atlanta respectively.
I've been running most of my life, but never ran longer distances (marathons and ultras) until I joined the Cleveland Southeast Runners Club a few years ago.